Topic: My View on Brand-Newbies to Legendary Members in the Forum - page 3. (Read 752 times)

What about those Legendary members who never got single merit, and who reached their rank by classic shitposting before there was a merit system? Rank has never been nor will it be a relevant measure of how important someone is on the forum, regardless of the fact that many beginners (but also you who are a little more experienced) look at these things from a different perspective.

If we are going to go into technical details, there are higher bodies than Legendary in the sense that we have admins, global moderators, moderators, and other staff.

Nice view you’ve got. But your views are flat out wrong as this is not like an international university and there are no lecturers or professors. Your college classification with colorful pictures of smiling studious students are wrong cause a profile having a legendary tag doesn’t make the user all smart and all knowing. A newbie can also be as knowledgeable as any legendary member.

I just have to smile at the images on your content, the headline is eye-catching but the storyline doesn't blend and align with Bitcointalk as you have written. It is just a regular forum like every other and dedicated purposely for Bitcoin discussion, Altcoins and also other discussions related to cryptocurrency.
A newbie account doesn't mean the person behind is a novice, it could be a legendary member Alt account, J.Member doesn't have to read continuously to rank up, a single post can get merits and with a few activity can promote him to the next rank and also for the remaining ranks like Sr.Member and Hero Member. The legendary account can also get sold to a new person that is new to the forum and so on. There are many uncertain things that can happen anonymously and remain hidden from the public except when they observe some changes like password and Email and changes in writing.

NB: 500Level is not a default level system for all university, Nigerian Federal University of technology mostly adopt 5 years course but this is not the same for other universities and colleges.

See although you intend to create something good and I appreciate that but this section is for some good topics to help newbies and we all know that as we learn we advance on the forum and bitcointalk is best place to have knowledge about it and free discussion forum where you have no learning boundaries and can have the latest knowledge if you intend to do so.

There was recently a similar illustration thread on Meta section with different reactions but I think this is not necessary and should be categorised in fun manner where you can share such illustration.

As we see some newbies are just new to the forum but have way more knowledge then any legendary on the forum as you can't make judgements from the rank but yes merits is representative of your knowledge here.You can see some legendary members with zero earned merits and some newbies with more merits so we can say there is difference in this approach.

But try to make more educational and helpful threads for members sharing knowledge with them and keep it simple.

I don't know, but is this topic to beg for merits or are people taking the forum seriously?
When I joined the forum, I didn't know about the signature campaigns until several months later, and the discovery of the forum was not that serious as there are no restrictions as some beginners try to do or a school has to do this to get a prize.
It's a discussion forum, and there are about 20 simple rules. Try to read them and stick to them and you'll find that all is well.

In terms of discussions: there is no difference between have a newbie account and a legendary, they all have the most advantages, so try to learn.

Anyone who joined an SMF forum for the first time probably felt the same way. Higher rankings would appear to be far more superior than others to someone who has no knowledge of how the forum works, what bitcoin actually is, or what not.

But given that you'll never know who the heck is behind that account, it should only be treated with a grain of salt. Besides, there are forums without a merit system where you can grow your account through spamming just like old era bitcointalk members.

Just as we view the world differently and based on our experiences so it is with the forum. I do not view the forum as an educational institution but rather as a parliamentary system. Don't ask me explain The beauty about the forum is that even a so-called "brand-new" member without a background in computer science or IT can reach the rank of a Hero member if the individual is consistent in learning, improving and sharing valuable knowledge with members of the forum.

Despite the workmanship of your post and the beauty of the images, I don't quite believe the analogy. For example, for me the difference between Hero and Legendary is... practically none. I don't see the Social Sciences of Mr. members either, because if they have a lot of technical knowledge as n0nce they would be studying computer sciences.

I think you are in an academic environment and this post is a projection of what you usually see.

Your view may be true but the first year or let's say newbie year is not just what you expected because not all newbies are laterally newbies some newbies here in the forum are more knowledgeable than senior members here.  Or what  _act_ says that there's a chance that a Legendary or even hero member ranks can create alt account so we can not say that all newbies we encountered is laterally new in crypto.

I did think this before but people could go to university and be well versed in their subject before they start (there's no quick jump to masters course if people want academic accolades and universities can act as an easy way to gain contacts with people in their field).

Interesting perspective .

Although, the above isn't necessarily true. There's plenty of examples of newer users being more knowledgeable than their seniors. That's almost true in every walk of life. Length of time, doesn't equal knowledge. It does, have a correlation, but it definitely isn't something to follow completely. There's plenty of users here that are probably classed as senior by most users, yet routinely get things wrong.

Throw me into a technical discussion about Bitcoin's intrinsics, and you'll find many younger users more knowledgable in areas than myself. We all have different strengths, and weaknesses, and knowledge about Bitcoin is no different. Some will excel, and some won't.

This should be on Meta, why beginners and help?

You included professor, but how about PHD and Masters? I mean in the ranking arrangement.

Did you know that learning on this forum can be different? That is why you will see senior member posting good than even some hero and legendary.

Did you know that a legendary or users of higher rank can create alt account? Using it in a way people will even know that it is an alt.

But I do not think this post is worth it at all as it adds no usefulness. Sorry for saying that.

I view this forum as an International University (Bitcointalk). Whereby Brand-newbies in  the forum just got admission into the university. They are observing the environment, asking questions on offline (their guiders), they read sign post (threads) at all corner (all board) to avoid un-necessary punishments and attacks in the campus (forum). Yet they still have problem in the forum.



Newbies, they are in year 1 and have started taking lectures from their first post. That is they have started writing. They ask questions.




 Jr. Members, they are in year 2 and continue taking lectures from the classroom (bitcointalk forum).


Members Rank, they are in year 3. Learning becomes very serious at this level because they have gotten small experience. They are focus.



Full Members, they are in 400 level. Learning continues with more seriousness.


 
Sr. Members, they are in 500 level (final year) in social sciences. And bitcointalk can be classified as a social science, because bitcointalk uses scientific tools to analyse the individual uses of bitcoin, therefore, as a Sr. Member, they write projects and making comments. This is where unserious students are WAF (Weak Academic Failure). WAF means in this forum ban, Although, WAF can be used at all level. If anyone misbehave.


Hero Members, they are the graduating (convocation) students. They are very happy because they must be employed in the labour market. They make comments, correct, counsel, and guide users


Legendary Members, they are the Alumni/Lecturers/Profs. As the name implies. you already know who they are. In the structure of bitcointalk, they are the highest body in the forum as for now. They educate, and answer questions with ease. Because they passed through all the stages mentioned above. Their functions in the forum are numerous.




Year 1 and 2 should read and learn from their senior colleagues